The sky cannot have two suns.

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.

If one does not act, one cannot understand.

It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.